add mkldnn prop_kind phase for inference-only case to pooling and activations (#14278)

* add is_test to pooling and activations

add prop_kind support for layers activation. conv and pooling

add a pass that sets is_test to true

add transpiler version of is_test pass

test=develop

* patch test and pass

test=develop

* add pass to analyzer.h

test=develop

* add is_test attr description & pass only on mkldnn

in:
activation_op.cc
batch_norm_op.cc
conv_op.cc
dropout_op.cc
lrn_op.cc
pool_op.cc
sequence_pool_op.cc
softmax_op.cc

* fix is_test handling for activation pool and conv

* change description of is_test for all layers again

* remove GetAttr(use_mkldnn) from pass

* rename correct_mkldnn_test_phase to is_test

and remove dependency on MKLDNN
test=develop

* review fix magic number

* two if(..)s into one

* Check is_test once and pass mkldnn forward prop kind

* dereference shared_ptr with * (without get())

test=develop

* add is_test_pass back

test=develop

paddle/fluid/framework/ir/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ pass_library(seq_concat_fc_fuse_pass inference)
 pass_library(multi_batch_merge_pass base)
 pass_library(conv_bn_fuse_pass inference)
 pass_library(seqconv_eltadd_relu_fuse_pass inference)
+pass_library(is_test_pass base)
 if(WITH_MKLDNN)
     pass_library(mkldnn_placement_pass base)
     pass_library(depthwise_conv_mkldnn_pass base)
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ cc_test(graph_helper_test SRCS graph_helper_test.cc DEPS graph graph_helper op_r
 cc_test(graph_to_program_pass_test SRCS graph_to_program_pass_test.cc DEPS graph_to_program_pass)
 cc_test(test_graph_pattern_detector SRCS graph_pattern_detector_tester.cc DEPS graph_pattern_detector)
 cc_test(test_fc_fuse_pass SRCS fc_fuse_pass_tester.cc DEPS fc_fuse_pass framework_proto)
+cc_test(test_is_test_pass SRCS is_test_pass_tester.cc DEPS is_test_pass)
 if (WITH_MKLDNN)
     cc_test(test_depthwise_conv_mkldnn_pass SRCS depthwise_conv_mkldnn_pass_tester.cc DEPS depthwise_conv_mkldnn_pass)
     cc_test(test_conv_relu_mkldnn_fuse_pass SRCS conv_relu_mkldnn_fuse_pass_tester.cc DEPS conv_relu_mkldnn_fuse_pass)

paddle/fluid/framework/ir/is_test_pass.cc

+/* Copyright (c) 2018 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License. */
+
+#include "paddle/fluid/framework/ir/is_test_pass.h"
+#include <string>
+#include <utility>
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace framework {
+namespace ir {
+
+std::unique_ptr<ir::Graph> IsTestPass::ApplyImpl(
+    std::unique_ptr<ir::Graph> graph) const {
+  VLOG(3) << "Sets is_test attrbiute to true and if it is missing, inserts it "
+             "for activations and pooling.";
+  auto op_list = {"pool2d",      "sigmoid",      "logsigmoid",
+                  "softshrink",  "exp",          "brelu",
+                  "pow",         "leaky_relu",   "stanh",
+                  "relu",        "tanh",         "tanh_shrink",
+                  "sqrt",        "abs",          "ceil",
+                  "elu",         "floor",        "cos",
+                  "sin",         "round",        "reciprocal",
+                  "hard_shrink", "hard_sigmoid", "relu6",
+                  "soft_relu",   "swish",        "thresholded_relu",
+                  "log",         "square",       "softplus",
+                  "softsign"};
+  for (const Node* n : graph->Nodes()) {
+    if (n->IsOp()) {
+      auto* op = n->Op();
+      if (op->HasAttr("is_test")) {
+        op->SetAttr("is_test", true);
+      } else if (std::find(begin(op_list), end(op_list), op->Type()) !=
+                 end(op_list)) {
+        op->MutableAttrMap()->insert(
+            std::pair<std::string, Attribute>("is_test", true));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return graph;
+}
+
+}  // namespace ir
+}  // namespace framework
+}  // namespace paddle
+
+REGISTER_PASS(is_test_pass, paddle::framework::ir::IsTestPass);

paddle/fluid/framework/ir/is_test_pass.h

+/* Copyright (c) 2018 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License. */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "paddle/fluid/framework/ir/pass.h"
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace framework {
+namespace ir {
+
+class IsTestPass : public Pass {
+ protected:
+  std::unique_ptr<ir::Graph> ApplyImpl(
+      std::unique_ptr<ir::Graph> graph) const override;
+};
+
+}  // namespace ir
+}  // namespace framework
+}  // namespace paddle

paddle/fluid/framework/ir/is_test_pass_tester.cc

+// Copyright (c) 2018 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+#include "paddle/fluid/framework/ir/is_test_pass.h"
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace framework {
+namespace ir {
+
+enum class ISTEST_STATE { FALSE, TRUE, UNSET };
+
+void SetOp(ProgramDesc* prog, const std::string& type, const std::string& name,
+           const std::vector<std::string>& inputs,
+           const std::vector<std::string>& outputs, bool use_mkldnn = false,
+           ISTEST_STATE is_test = ISTEST_STATE::UNSET) {
+  auto* op = prog->MutableBlock(0)->AppendOp();
+  op->SetType(type);
+  op->SetAttr("name", name);
+  op->SetInput("X", inputs);
+  op->SetOutput("Out", outputs);
+  op->SetAttr("use_mkldnn", use_mkldnn);
+  if (is_test == ISTEST_STATE::UNSET)
+    op->MutableAttrMap()->erase("is_test");
+  else if (is_test == ISTEST_STATE::FALSE)
+    op->SetAttr("is_test", false);
+  else
+    op->SetAttr("is_test", true);
+}
+
+// a->pool2d->b
+// b->relu->c
+// c,weights1)->conv2d->d
+//
+// d->pool2d->e
+// e->hard_sigmoid->f
+// (f,weights2)->conv2d->g
+//
+// g->pool2d->h
+// h->tanh->i
+// (i,weights3)->conv2d->j
+ProgramDesc BuildProgramDesc() {
+  ProgramDesc prog;
+  for (auto& v :
+       std::vector<std::string>({"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i",
+                                 "j", "weights1", "weights2", "weights3"})) {
+    auto* var = prog.MutableBlock(0)->Var(v);
+    var->SetType(proto::VarType::SELECTED_ROWS);
+    if (v == "weights1" || v == "weights2" || v == "weights3") {
+      var->SetPersistable(true);
+    }
+  }
+
+  SetOp(&prog, "pool2d", "pooling1", std::vector<std::string>({"a"}),
+        std::vector<std::string>({"b"}), true, ISTEST_STATE::TRUE);
+  SetOp(&prog, "relu", "activation1", std::vector<std::string>({"b"}),
+        std::vector<std::string>({"c"}), true, ISTEST_STATE::TRUE);
+  SetOp(&prog, "conv2d", "conv1", std::vector<std::string>({"c", "weights1"}),
+        std::vector<std::string>({"d"}), true, ISTEST_STATE::TRUE);
+
+  SetOp(&prog, "pool2d", "pooling2", std::vector<std::string>({"d"}),
+        std::vector<std::string>({"e"}), false, ISTEST_STATE::FALSE);
+  SetOp(&prog, "hard_sigmoid", "activation2", std::vector<std::string>({"e"}),
+        std::vector<std::string>({"f"}), false, ISTEST_STATE::FALSE);
+  SetOp(&prog, "conv2d", "conv2", std::vector<std::string>({"f", "weights2"}),
+        std::vector<std::string>({"g"}), false, ISTEST_STATE::FALSE);
+
+  SetOp(&prog, "pool2d", "pooling3", std::vector<std::string>({"g"}),
+        std::vector<std::string>({"h"}), false, ISTEST_STATE::UNSET);
+  SetOp(&prog, "tanh", "activation3", std::vector<std::string>({"h"}),
+        std::vector<std::string>({"i"}), true, ISTEST_STATE::UNSET);
+  SetOp(&prog, "conv2d", "conv3", std::vector<std::string>({"i", "weights3"}),
+        std::vector<std::string>({"j"}), false, ISTEST_STATE::UNSET);
+
+  return prog;
+}
+
+TEST(IsTestPass, basic) {
+  auto prog = BuildProgramDesc();
+
+  std::unique_ptr<ir::Graph> graph(new ir::Graph(prog));
+
+  auto pass = PassRegistry::Instance().Get("is_test_pass");
+
+  graph = pass->Apply(std::move(graph));
+
+  for (auto* node : graph->Nodes()) {
+    if (node->IsOp()) {
+      auto* op = node->Op();
+      auto op_name = boost::get<std::string>(op->GetAttr("name"));
+      if (op_name == "conv3") {
+        ASSERT_FALSE(op->HasAttr("is_test"));
+      } else {
+        ASSERT_TRUE(op->HasAttr("is_test"));
+        EXPECT_TRUE(boost::get<bool>(op->GetAttr("is_test")));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+}  // namespace ir
+}  // namespace framework
+}  // namespace paddle
+
+USE_PASS(is_test_pass);

paddle/fluid/inference/api/paddle_pass_builder.h

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ class CpuPassStrategy : public PassStrategy {
         "fc_fuse_pass",                  //
         "conv_bn_fuse_pass",             //
         "conv_eltwiseadd_bn_fuse_pass",  //
+        "is_test_pass",                  //
     });
   }
 

paddle/fluid/operators/activation_mkldnn_op.cc

@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ class MKLDNNActivationGradKernel
                        diff_y->format() != memory::format::format_undef,
                    "Wrong layout/format set for Input OutGrad tensor");
 
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(
+        !ctx.Attr<bool>("is_test"),
+        "is_test attribute should be set to False in training phase.");
+
     Functor functor;
 
     auto attrs = functor.GetAttrs();
@@ -115,11 +119,15 @@ void eltwise_forward(const framework::ExecutionContext &ctx,
   const std::string key_fwd = key_with_layout + "@eltwise_fwd";
   const std::string key_fwd_pd = key_with_layout + "@eltwise_fwd_pd";
 
+  bool is_test = ctx.Attr<bool>("is_test");
+
   // save input data and layout to be referred in backward path
   auto p_src_data = std::make_shared<const T *>(x_data);
-  dev_ctx.SetBlob(key_src_data, p_src_data);
   auto p_src_layout = std::make_shared<memory::format>(src_format);
+  if (!is_test) {
+    dev_ctx.SetBlob(key_src_data, p_src_data);
     dev_ctx.SetBlob(key_src_layout, p_src_layout);
+  }
 
   auto p_fwd = std::static_pointer_cast<mkldnn::eltwise_forward>(
       dev_ctx.GetBlob(key_fwd));
@@ -136,14 +144,17 @@ void eltwise_forward(const framework::ExecutionContext &ctx,
     dev_ctx.SetBlob(key_src_mem, src_memory);
 
     // create primitive descriptor for activation forward and save it
+    auto mkldnn_forward_prop_kind = is_test
+                                        ? mkldnn::prop_kind::forward_inference
+                                        : mkldnn::prop_kind::forward_training;
     auto forward_desc = mkldnn::eltwise_forward::desc(
-        mkldnn::prop_kind::forward_training, algorithm,
+        mkldnn_forward_prop_kind, algorithm,
         src_memory->get_primitive_desc().desc(), alpha, beta);
     auto forward_pd = std::make_shared<mkldnn::eltwise_forward::primitive_desc>(
         forward_desc, mkldnn_engine);
 
     // save prim desc into global device context to be referred in backward path
-    dev_ctx.SetBlob(key_fwd_pd, forward_pd);
+    if (!is_test) dev_ctx.SetBlob(key_fwd_pd, forward_pd);
 
     // create mkldnn memory for output y
     dst_memory =

paddle/fluid/operators/activation_op.cc

@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ using paddle::framework::Tensor;
       AddAttr<bool>("use_mkldnn",                                        \
                     "(bool, default false) Only used in mkldnn kernel")  \
           .SetDefault(false);                                            \
+      AddAttr<bool>(                                                     \
+          "is_test",                                                     \
+          "(bool, default false) Set to true for inference only, false " \
+          "for training. Some layers may run faster when this is true.") \
+          .SetDefault(false);                                            \
       AddComment(#OP_COMMENT);                                           \
     }                                                                    \
   }

paddle/fluid/operators/batch_norm_op.cc

@@ -113,7 +113,10 @@ class BatchNormOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
 class BatchNormOpMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
  public:
   void Make() override {
-    AddAttr<bool>("is_test", "").SetDefault(false);
+    AddAttr<bool>("is_test",
+                  "(bool, default false) Set to true for inference only, false "
+                  "for training. Some layers may run faster when this is true.")
+        .SetDefault(false);
     AddAttr<float>("momentum", "").SetDefault(0.9);
     AddAttr<float>("epsilon", "")
         .SetDefault(1e-5)

paddle/fluid/operators/conv_mkldnn_op.cc

@@ -383,20 +383,22 @@ class ConvMKLDNNOpKernel : public paddle::framework::OpKernel<T> {
 
     // create a conv primitive descriptor and save it for usage in backward
     std::shared_ptr<mkldnn::convolution_forward::primitive_desc> conv_pd;
+    auto fwd_prop_kind = is_test ? mkldnn::prop_kind::forward_inference
+                                 : mkldnn::prop_kind::forward_training;
     if (bias) {
       bias_tz = paddle::framework::vectorize2int(bias->dims());
       auto bias_md = platform::MKLDNNMemDesc(
           bias_tz, platform::MKLDNNGetDataType<T>(), memory::format::x);
-      conv_pd = ConvFwdPrimitiveDesc(src_md, weights_md, bias_md, dst_md,
-                                     strides, paddings, mkldnn_engine,
-                                     fuse_relu, fuse_residual_conn);
+      conv_pd = ConvFwdPrimitiveDesc(
+          src_md, weights_md, bias_md, dst_md, strides, paddings, mkldnn_engine,
+          fuse_relu, fuse_residual_conn, fwd_prop_kind);
     } else {
-      conv_pd =
-          ConvFwdPrimitiveDesc(src_md, weights_md, dst_md, strides, paddings,
-                               mkldnn_engine, fuse_relu, fuse_residual_conn);
+      conv_pd = ConvFwdPrimitiveDesc(src_md, weights_md, dst_md, strides,
+                                     paddings, mkldnn_engine, fuse_relu,
+                                     fuse_residual_conn, fwd_prop_kind);
     }
     // Save conv_pd/src_memory/weights_memory for backward pass
-    dev_ctx.SetBlob(key_conv_pd, conv_pd);
+    if (!is_test) dev_ctx.SetBlob(key_conv_pd, conv_pd);
 
     ConvMKLDNNHandler handler(conv_pd, dev_ctx, mkldnn_engine, key);
 
@@ -510,14 +512,14 @@ class ConvMKLDNNOpKernel : public paddle::framework::OpKernel<T> {
                        const memory::desc& dst, const std::vector<int>& strides,
                        const std::vector<int>& paddings,
                        const mkldnn::engine& engine, const bool fuse_relu,
-                       const bool fuse_residual_conn) const {
+                       const bool fuse_residual_conn,
+                       mkldnn::prop_kind fwd_prop_kind) const {
     memory::dims stride_dims = {strides[0], strides[1]};
     memory::dims padding_dims = {paddings[0], paddings[1]};
 
     auto conv_desc = mkldnn::convolution_forward::desc(
-        mkldnn::prop_kind::forward, mkldnn::convolution_direct, src, weights,
-        dst, stride_dims, padding_dims, padding_dims,
-        mkldnn::padding_kind::zero);
+        fwd_prop_kind, mkldnn::convolution_direct, src, weights, dst,
+        stride_dims, padding_dims, padding_dims, mkldnn::padding_kind::zero);
 
     mkldnn::primitive_attr conv_attr =
         CreatePostOps(fuse_relu, fuse_residual_conn);
@@ -535,14 +537,14 @@ class ConvMKLDNNOpKernel : public paddle::framework::OpKernel<T> {
                        const std::vector<int>& strides,
                        const std::vector<int>& paddings,
                        const mkldnn::engine& engine, const bool fuse_relu,
-                       const bool fuse_residual_conn) const {
+                       const bool fuse_residual_conn,
+                       mkldnn::prop_kind fwd_prop_kind) const {
     memory::dims stride_dims = {strides[0], strides[1]};
     memory::dims padding_dims = {paddings[0], paddings[1]};
 
     auto conv_desc = mkldnn::convolution_forward::desc(
-        mkldnn::prop_kind::forward, mkldnn::convolution_direct, src, weights,
-        bias, dst, stride_dims, padding_dims, padding_dims,
-        mkldnn::padding_kind::zero);
+        fwd_prop_kind, mkldnn::convolution_direct, src, weights, bias, dst,
+        stride_dims, padding_dims, padding_dims, mkldnn::padding_kind::zero);
 
     mkldnn::primitive_attr conv_attr =
         CreatePostOps(fuse_relu, fuse_residual_conn);
@@ -587,6 +589,10 @@ class ConvMKLDNNGradOpKernel : public paddle::framework::OpKernel<T> {
                        output_grad->format() != memory::format::format_undef,
                    "Wrong layout/format set for output_grad tensor");
 
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(
+        !ctx.Attr<bool>("is_test"),
+        "is_test attribute should be set to False in training phase.");
+
     if (!input_grad && !filter_grad) return;
 
     std::vector<int> strides = ctx.Attr<std::vector<int>>("strides");

paddle/fluid/operators/conv_op.cc

@@ -109,7 +109,10 @@ framework::OpKernelType ConvOp::GetExpectedKernelType(
 }
 
 void Conv2DOpMaker::Make() {
-  AddAttr<bool>("is_test", "").SetDefault(false);
+  AddAttr<bool>("is_test",
+                "(bool, default false) Set to true for inference only, false "
+                "for training. Some layers may run faster when this is true.")
+      .SetDefault(false);
   AddInput(
       "Input",
       "(Tensor) The input tensor of convolution operator. "

paddle/fluid/operators/dropout_op.cc

@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ class DropoutOpMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
           PADDLE_ENFORCE(drop_p >= 0.0f && drop_p <= 1.0f,
                          "'dropout_prob' must be between 0.0 and 1.0.");
         });
-    AddAttr<bool>("is_test", "True if in test phase.").SetDefault(false);
+    AddAttr<bool>("is_test",
+                  "(bool, default false) Set to true for inference only, false "
+                  "for training. Some layers may run faster when this is true.")
+        .SetDefault(false);
     AddAttr<bool>("fix_seed",
                   "A flag indicating whether to use a fixed seed to generate "
                   "random mask. NOTE: DO NOT set this flag to true in "

paddle/fluid/operators/fake_quantize_op.cc

@@ -199,7 +199,10 @@ class FakeQuantizeRangeAbsMaxOpMaker
           PADDLE_ENFORCE(bit_length >= 1 && bit_length <= 16,
                          "'bit_length' should be between 1 and 16.");
         });
-    AddAttr<bool>("is_test", "").SetDefault(false);
+    AddAttr<bool>("is_test",
+                  "(bool, default false) Set to true for inference only, false "
+                  "for training. Some layers may run faster when this is true.")
+        .SetDefault(false);
     AddComment(R"DOC(
 FakeQuantize operator is used in static quantization.
 

paddle/fluid/operators/lrn_op.cc

@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ class LRNOpMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
         "the input will be transformed automatically. ")
         .SetDefault("AnyLayout");
     AddAttr<bool>("is_test",
-                  "Turns on memory optimization that optimizes away "
-                  "unnecessary memory allocations. Used by MKLDNN.")
+                  "(bool, default false) Set to true for inference only, false "
+                  "for training. Some layers may run faster when this is true.")
         .SetDefault(false);
 
     AddComment(R"DOC(

paddle/fluid/operators/pool_mkldnn_op.cc

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ class PoolMKLDNNOpKernel : public paddle::framework::OpKernel<T> {
     std::vector<int> ksize = ctx.Attr<std::vector<int>>("ksize");
     std::vector<int> strides = ctx.Attr<std::vector<int>>("strides");
     std::vector<int> paddings = ctx.Attr<std::vector<int>>("paddings");
+    bool is_test = ctx.Attr<bool>("is_test");
     if (ctx.Attr<bool>("global_pooling")) {
       for (size_t i = 0; i < ksize.size(); ++i) {
         paddings[i] = 0;
@@ -142,16 +143,10 @@ class PoolMKLDNNOpKernel : public paddle::framework::OpKernel<T> {
       std::shared_ptr<mkldnn::pooling_forward::primitive_desc> pool_pd =
           CreatePrimitiveDesc(src_md, dst_md, strides, padding_left_top,
                               padding_right_bottom, ksize, pooling_type,
-                              mkldnn_engine, ceil_mode);
+                              mkldnn_engine, ceil_mode, is_test);
 
       // save pool_pd into global device context to be referred in backward path
-      dev_ctx.SetBlob(key_pool_pd, pool_pd);
-
-      std::shared_ptr<mkldnn::memory> workspace_memory =
-          CreateWorkspaceMemory(pool_pd, pooling_type, mkldnn_engine);
-
-      // save pool_workspace_memory to be referred in backward path
-      dev_ctx.SetBlob(key_pool_workspace_memory, workspace_memory);
+      if (!is_test) dev_ctx.SetBlob(key_pool_pd, pool_pd);
 
       auto src_memory = std::make_shared<memory>(pool_pd->src_primitive_desc(),
                                                  to_void_cast<T>(input_data));
@@ -161,9 +156,19 @@ class PoolMKLDNNOpKernel : public paddle::framework::OpKernel<T> {
       dev_ctx.SetBlob(key_pool_src_mem_p, src_memory);
       dev_ctx.SetBlob(key_pool_dst_mem_p, dst_memory);
 
-      pool_p = std::make_shared<pooling_forward>(*pool_pd, *(src_memory.get()),
-                                                 *(dst_memory.get()),
-                                                 *workspace_memory);
+      if (is_test) {
+        pool_p = std::make_shared<pooling_forward>(*pool_pd, *src_memory,
+                                                   *dst_memory);
+      } else {
+        std::shared_ptr<mkldnn::memory> workspace_memory =
+            CreateWorkspaceMemory(pool_pd, pooling_type, mkldnn_engine);
+
+        // save pool_workspace_memory to be referred in backward path
+        dev_ctx.SetBlob(key_pool_workspace_memory, workspace_memory);
+
+        pool_p = std::make_shared<pooling_forward>(
+            *pool_pd, *src_memory, *dst_memory, *workspace_memory);
+      }
 
       dev_ctx.SetBlob(key_pool_p, pool_p);
 
@@ -201,9 +206,12 @@ class PoolMKLDNNOpKernel : public paddle::framework::OpKernel<T> {
       const std::vector<int>& stride, const std::vector<int>& padding_left_top,
       const std::vector<int>& padding_right_bot, const std::vector<int>& kernel,
       const std::string& pooling_type, const mkldnn::engine& engine,
-      bool ceil_mode) const {
+      bool ceil_mode, bool is_test) const {
+    auto mkldnn_forward_prop_kind = is_test
+                                        ? mkldnn::prop_kind::forward_inference
+                                        : mkldnn::prop_kind::forward_training;
     auto pool_desc = mkldnn::pooling_forward::desc(
-        mkldnn::prop_kind::forward,
+        mkldnn_forward_prop_kind,
         pooling_type == "max" ? mkldnn::algorithm::pooling_max
                               : mkldnn::algorithm::pooling_avg,
         src, dst, stride, kernel, padding_left_top, padding_right_bot,
@@ -248,6 +256,10 @@ class PoolMKLDNNGradOpKernel : public paddle::framework::OpKernel<T> {
                        out_grad->format() != memory::format::format_undef,
                    "Wrong layout/format set for Input output_grad tensor");
 
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(
+        !ctx.Attr<bool>("is_test"),
+        "is_test attribute should be set to False in training phase.");
+
     std::string pooling_type = ctx.Attr<std::string>("pooling_type");
     std::vector<int> ksize = ctx.Attr<std::vector<int>>("ksize");
     std::vector<int> strides = ctx.Attr<std::vector<int>>("strides");

paddle/fluid/operators/pool_op.cc

@@ -206,6 +206,11 @@ void Pool2dOpMaker::Make() {
       "Defaults to \"NHWC\". Specify the data format of the output data, "
       "the input will be transformed automatically. ")
       .SetDefault("AnyLayout");
+  AddAttr<bool>("is_test",
+                "(bool, default false) Set to true for inference only, false "
+                "for training. Some layers may run faster when this is true.")
+      .SetDefault(false);
+
   // TODO(dzhwinter): need to registered layout transform function
 
   AddComment(R"DOC(

paddle/fluid/operators/sequence_pool_op.cc

@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ class SequencePoolOpMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
               "(Tensor<int>) This tensor is used for the sequence max-pooling "
               "to record the max indexes.")
         .AsIntermediate();
-    AddAttr<bool>("is_test", "").SetDefault(false);
+    AddAttr<bool>("is_test",
+                  "(bool, default false) Set to true for inference only, false "
+                  "for training. Some layers may run faster when this is true.")
+        .SetDefault(false);
     AddAttr<std::string>(
         "pooltype",
         "(string, default 'AVERAGE') the pooling pooltype of SequencePoolOp.")

paddle/fluid/operators/softmax_op.cc

@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ class SoftmaxOpMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
                   "(bool, default false) Only used in mkldnn kernel")
         .SetDefault(false);
     AddAttr<bool>("is_test",
-                  "Disable epsilon adding to softmax results. Used by MKLDNN.")
+                  "(bool, default false) Set to true for inference only, false "
+                  "for training. Some layers may run faster when this is true.")
         .SetDefault(false);
     AddComment(R"DOC(
 Softmax Operator.

paddle/fluid/operators/while_op.cc

@@ -92,7 +92,10 @@ class WhileOpMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
               "variables generated in the i'th step.");
     AddAttr<framework::BlockDesc *>(kStepBlock,
                                     "The step block inside WhileOp");
-    AddAttr<bool>("is_test", "True if in test phase.").SetDefault(false);
+    AddAttr<bool>("is_test",
+                  "(bool, default false) Set to true for inference only, false "
+                  "for training. Some layers may run faster when this is true.")
+        .SetDefault(false);
     AddComment(R"DOC(
 )DOC");
   }

python/paddle/fluid/transpiler/inference_transpiler.py

@@ -73,6 +73,38 @@ class InferenceTranspiler(object):
                 program)  # ResNet residual block merging
             self._fuse_bn_relu_mkldnn(program)
 
+        self._is_test_pass(program)
+
+    def _is_test_pass(self, program):
+        '''
+        Transpile the program setting is_test = true for all layers and
+        inserts is_test attribute to pooling and activation layers.
+        As a result some operators might run faster
+        :param program: program to transpile
+        :type program: Program
+        '''
+        self.block = program.block(0)
+
+        i = 0
+        while i < len(self.block.ops):
+            current_op = self.block.ops[i]
+            if current_op.has_attr("is_test"):
+                current_op._set_attr("is_test", True)
+            elif current_op.type in [
+                    "pool2d", "sigmoid", "logsigmoid", "softshrink", "exp",
+                    "brelu", "pow", "leaky_relu", "stanh", "relu", "tanh",
+                    "tanh_shrink", "sqrt", "abs", "ceil", "elu", "floor", "cos",
+                    "sin", "round", "reciprocal", "hard_shrink", "hard_sigmoid",
+                    "relu6", "soft_relu", "swish", "thresholded_relu", "log",
+                    "square", "softplus", "softsign"
+            ]:
+                current_op._set_attr("is_test", True)
+            i = i + 1
+        # TODO(luotao): use clone() method to flush the program.desc in force,
+        # since some large program.desc will not be flushed immediately.
+        # And a better solution will be considered later.
+        program = program.clone()
+
     def _depthwise_conv_mkldnn(self, program):
         '''
         Transpile the program by replacing depthwise_conv2d to conv2d for MKLDNN program.